3 Energy Ball Recipes For That Mid-Day Boost

June 8, 2017

Find yourself reaching out for a sugar-laden, trans-fat filled snack? Give your mid-day munchies a healthy makeover with these easy-to-make energy balls!

Packed with protein, carbs, and fat (from nuts), energy balls are pretty much the perfect snack. Stored inside a covered container in the refrigerator, energy balls can keep for 4 – 5 days, which means you can make a batch on a Sunday and take your time to savour them.

And, once you see how exorbitantly priced energy balls are at health-food cafes, you’ll be super glad that you now know how to make your own.

Basic stuff you’ll always need:

Medjool dates, pitted, chopped and soaked. They can be found in the fruit section of most supermarkets.
Nuts such as almond or cashews
A food processor. No need for a fancy, top-of-the-range type, a basic model will do.

Chocolate Matcha Energy Balls

Ingredients

1/2 cup

pitted and chopped dates

1 cup

boiling water

1/2 cup

raw almonds

1/4 cup

unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tbsp

unsweetened almond milk

1 tbsp

matcha powder

For dusting

1 tbsp

matcha powder

Steps

In a bowl, cover the dates with boiling water and leave to stand until water comes down to room temperature.

Remove the dates from the water and blitz them with the almonds, cocoa powder, almond milk and matcha powder in a food processor until the ingredients combined and form a large sticky dough.

Roughly divide up the dough and roll into 10 balls. Dust each with some matcha powder.

Blueberry Lime Energy Balls

Ingredients

1/4 cup

pitted and chopped dates

1/2 cup

boiling water

1/2 cup

dried blueberries

1/4 cup

raw almonds

1/4 cup

raw cashews

1/4 cup

unsweetened coconut flakes

1 tbsp

fresh lime juice

A pinch

sea salt

For coating

Lime zest

Coconut flakes

Steps

In a bowl, cover the dates with boiling water and leave to stand until water comes down to room temperature.

Remove the dates from the water and blitz them with the rest of the ingredients until combined and you have a sticky dough.

Divide up the dough and roll into 10 balls. Finally, roll each ball in a bed of coconut flakes and lime zest.

Choconut Energy Balls

Ingredients

1/2 cup

pitted and chopped

1 cup

boiling water

1/4 cup

raw almonds

1/2 cup

unsweetened coconut flakes

1/2 tbsp

coconut oil

A pinch

sea salt

2 tbsp

cocoa powder

For coating

60g

roughly chopped dark chocolate

1/2 tbsp

butter

1/2 cup

unsweetened coconut flakes

Steps

In a bowl, cover the dates with boiling water and leave to stand until water comes down to room temperature.

Remove the dates from the water and blitz them with the rest of the ingredients until combined and you have a sticky dough.

Divide the dough and roll into 10 balls. Place balls on a tray lined with baking sheet and refrigerate for 3 hours.

Create a water bath but gently boiling water in a saucepan and then placing a heat-safe bowl over, but not touching, the water. Melt the chocolate and butter in the bowl.

Spear a ball with a toothpick and dip it quickly into the melted chocolate. Remove and coat with co-conut flakes before the chocolate sets into a hard shell.

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3 Energy Ball Recipes For That Mid-Day Boost

Chocolate Matcha Energy Balls

Blueberry Lime Energy Balls

Choconut Energy Balls

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